Showing posts with label plug and feather Hugh O'Neill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plug and feather Hugh O'Neill. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Splitting a granite block using the plug and feather technique, Rubislaw Quarry, Aberdeen

Splitting a granite block using the plug and feather technique. Tapping home the peg. Rubislaw Quarry, Rubislaw Granite Co. Ltd., Queens Road, Aberdeen.
BGS image ID: P538600
Splitting a granite block using the plug and feather technique. Tapping home the peg. Rubislaw Quarry, Rubislaw Granite Co. Ltd., Queens Road, Aberdeen. Date: c. 1961.

From the Hugh O'Neill Collection.

Bob McIntosh